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Recent Examples of moralizer
Fowler certainly was a moralizer, just maybe not in the way Jespersen meant.
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Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moralizer
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Complicating matters is the charismatic doomsday preacher who is quickly leading the small town to the verge of hysteria.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Some religious tracts and pamphlets had been sent by radio preachers after Mama or Daddy had mailed them a dollar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Of course, morality can still play a role in political thinking, just not the all-encompassing and determinative one that moralists ascribe to it.—
Andrew Day,
Washington Post,
28 Jan. 2026
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Arnold’s own criticism often focussed on expanding horizons and recovering unknown authors, from the moralist Joseph Joubert to the diarist Eugénie de Guérin.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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The rest of the Democratic hopefuls include Collins, Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins, engineer Felix Tello and UIC adjunct lecturer David Ehrlich.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Peter Woit, a senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at Columbia University, didn't attend the 2006 conference.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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However, rather than blithely dismiss the consequences of legalization with eye-rolling contempt for the puritans, supporters should confront the adverse societal effects of cannabis — the pervasive urban stench, the traffic deaths and the pernicious effects on youth.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Austere antiquity is in constant conflict with more sensual, modern impulses — a tension that feels productive applied to a story of the Shakers, puritans whom time has proven too pure for this world.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
1 Sep. 2025
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When Contributing Editor Sheri Castle revealed that the secret to crystal clear sweet tea was a teaspoon of baking soda, some Southern Living readers clutched their pearls in disbelief.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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Since the inception of Read to Reef in 2016, over 25,000 young readers have read more than 126,000 books as part of the club, resulting in the distribution of more than 98,000 aquarium tickets.—
Nancy S. Grasmick,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Mar. 2026
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Reconciliation today Searching for a path forward, contemporary Sámi artist and Lutheran catechist Lars Levi Sunna began to produce church art that incorporated and celebrated pre-Christian Sámi symbols – some of the very traditions that had been demonized by clergy of the past.—
Thomas A. DuBois,
The Conversation,
27 June 2025
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But Philip Siphong Onphitak, the village religious teacher, or catechist, assumed leadership of his flock, keeping up resistance until Dec. 16, when he was murdered in the jungle, reportedly by Boonlue.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
18 Nov. 2019
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“Moralizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralizer. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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